The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONDon’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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Wine is bottled poetry.
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The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
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You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
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Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.
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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week.
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You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a joke with someone else.
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Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures.
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That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
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Nothing like a little judicious levity.
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Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
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It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.
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To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.
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He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
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I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery.
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